Rutilated Quartz 2mm Table Cut Cube Banded - 15-16 Inch turquoise Polychrome Jasper is considered one

Polychrome Jasper is considered one of the rarest Jaspers in the world

Sardonyx is sometimes treated to bring out its reddish tones

in a variety of swirling and linear patterns

and has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

Rutilated Quartz 2mm Table Cut Cube Banded - 15-16 Inch turquoise Polychrome Jasper is considered oneRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle like inclusions of Rutile. These needles usually appear golden, but can also appear silver, red, copper, or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star like formations. Rutile is the mineral name for natural crystals of titanium dioxide, which may contain iron oxide. When the level of iron oxide is high, the inclusions appear more golden or copper, when it is low, they